Society

The Mideast War Breaks Out on Campus The Mideast War Breaks Out on Campus

One of the biggest problems Palestine's supporters face is anti-Semitism.

May 30, 2002 / Feature / Liza Featherstone

Stephen Jay Gould Stephen Jay Gould

When the Kansas Board of Education voted in 1999 to remove the teaching of evolution from the state's science curriculum, most thinking Americans groaned about the growing influen...

May 30, 2002 / John Nichols

Fighting the Drug (Ad) Wars Fighting the Drug (Ad) Wars

As corporations push new medicines, sound and affordable healthcare suffers.

May 30, 2002 / Feature / Dr. Marc Siegel

The Browning of America The Browning of America

In the past two decades, Richard Rodriguez has offered us a gamut of anecdotes, mostly about himself in action in an environment that is not always attuned to his own inner life. ...

May 30, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Ilan Stavans

Racial Privacy Racial Privacy

Ward Connerly, figurehead for California's anti-affirmative action Proposition 209, is up to more mischief. This time it's a push to prevent California's public agencies from cl...

May 30, 2002 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Pass ENDA Now! Pass ENDA Now!

Twenty-seven years ago, Bella Abzug introduced the first comprehensive gay civil rights bill in the history of the Congress.

May 25, 2002 / Doug Ireland

Justice Can’t Be Done in Secret Justice Can’t Be Done in Secret

Why public and press have a right to witness military tribunal proceedings.

May 23, 2002 / Feature / Edward J. Klaris

Malign Neglect Malign Neglect

Children in New York City's public schools are being shortchanged--again.

May 23, 2002 / Feature / Jonathan Kozol

The Israel Lobby The Israel Lobby

On May 2 the Senate, in a vote of 94 to 2, and the House, 352 to 21, expressed unqualified support for Israel in its recent military actions against the Palestinians. The resol...

May 23, 2002 / Michael Massing

And Another Thing… And Another Thing…

Perhaps there's a limit to female masochism after all. To the great astonishment of the New York Times, which put the story on page one, Creating a Life, Sylvia Ann Hewlett's b...

May 23, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt

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